Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Quick (but could be much quicker) tour of the permanent course at Seidman Park in Ada. Lots of fun, a lot of nice woods. Didn’t do the first mega swamp (wet foot risk seemed high), did do second and mostly stayed dry. Fond memories, my first/only AR win went through this park.

One mile flat at 4.3
Then
Half mile 12% 3 mph
Half mile 1% 4 mph
Repeating

Not that it matters hugely until I start food logging again.

C • You can do it! 1

10 per side lunges
10 pushups
15 per straight and bent leg heels on stairs toe raises

Squeezing something in. Wee man is sniffling and therefore uncomfortable often.

Find Five

tl;dr trying to get five hours faster at WT through fitness and logistics

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After four WT failures-to-full course, I looked at our gaps to final or near final cuts offs:

Round 1: approximately 1 hour
Round 2: approximately 2 hours
Round 3: approximately 4 hours
Round 4: approximately 3 hours

And my conclusion was that I need to find five hours to be safe.

I think a multi-pronged approach will work and is not out line:

1 hr: Faster TA/Portaging. This should be practice-able, as I settle into wee kid parenthood I hope to add a few minutes of some other discipline more often just to get use to swapping as fast as possible. And meet up with the team a time or two to practice portaging rather than aligning paddler speeds. This is the biggest sort of free time chunk available.

1 hr: Faster trekking. I still think roughly half marathon running shape will be better than I've ever been by a long shot, and should pick up an hour

1 hr: Faster biking. I plan to have a full suspension for round five, which should take the edge off, and also aiming for coast to coast should get the mileage to where it needs to be to push that extra few percent. i also might be the stupidest rider on the team, so if I can stay fresh enough to test the water hole lines, that lets everyone ride faster. I should probably brush up on maintenance as well to be faster with common repairs.

1 hr: Faster paddling: Hope to be good about getting out as often as possible, and trying not to meet people for runs and bikes that can be done solo, and really try to work the canoe.

30 minutes: Learn to swim well enough to take the pro lines without anxiety

30 minutes: Be as light as I should be. Off to a slow start in 2019. It can be done, need to get after it!!

This assumes carryover navigation, else I should brush up on my bearing-following.

One wonders about metrics, although I missed setting benchmarks in the fall (eg, Poto laps on foot or bike, some canoe out and back, etc.)

Comments/critiques/suggestions welcome. You are also welcome to take over/unders on likelihood of achieving any of these (you cannot offend me).

Best sleep in weeks - retired by 9:xx, maybe asleep at 10, then just interruptions at midnight and 2, don't remember a three-five am one, then woke up at like 8:30.

20+2+3+5+1 = 31 in a minute pushups (daughter was curious)
15 per side lunges